Tasers come to Swan Hill

SWAN Hill police were the latest to benefit from a statewide Conducted Energy Device (CED) roll-out, after being equipped with Tasers on Saturday.

Under the new regional roll-out project, general duties and highway patrol officers have begun training to carry and use CEDs, with members from Mildura the first to have access to the Taser-branded CED from earlier this year, along with the pilot stations. 

The roll-out follows an extensive trial which began in 2010, where police in Bendigo and Morwell were the first to be trained to carry CEDs. 

Officers in Traralgon and Moe followed in 2012 and police in Geelong, Corio and Ballarat started to carry CEDs in 2013. 

For more on this story, grab a copy of Monday’s Guardian (August 8).